We noticed issues lately with Akismet not being able to connect to our servers to check for Spam. Upon logging into the WordPress Admin, you'll see this:
Akismet has detected a problem. A server or network problem is preventing Akismet from working correctly.Click the link, and you'll be presented with this screen:
Click the "Check Network Status" button, and this will clear itself:
This is a bug with the diagnostic feature in the Akismet plugin, which will report an error though it’s working correctly.
WordPress 2.7 and higher can automatically upgrade the Akismet installation. Login to the back-end of WordPress (/wp-admin), go to the Plugins page, and click on the appropriate upgrade link.
Otherwise, we suggest you upgrade Akismet to 2.2.5 using this link:
http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/akismet.zip
